An Israeli assault destroyed the Iranian consulate constructing in Syria's capital Damascus, killing quite a few folks, Syrian state media reported.
Photographs present smoke and mud billowing from the flattened construction, which was close to the Iranian embassy on a highway within the western district of Mezzeh.
An Iranian information company stated 5 folks have been killed, whereas a UK-based monitoring group put the toll at eight.
The Israeli navy stated it didn’t touch upon international media studies.
The Syrian military stated that Israeli plane focused the consulate constructing from the route of the occupied Golan Heights at round 17:00 native time (14:00 GMT).
Syrian air defenses shot down a number of the missiles fired by the plane, however others hit the constructing and led to its complete destruction and the demise or harm of all these inside period, the military added.
The navy stated work was underway to retrieve the victims from underneath the rubble.
He gave no particulars on the identities of these killed, however Iranian state TV stated no embassy personnel have been within the constructing on the time of the assault.
A Lebanese safety supply advised the Reuters information company that these killed included a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
